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. >>> president obama aboard air force one right now. >>> former president george h.w. bush in intensive care, we'll ha the very latest. i vigil for firefighters, a tornado in action and december surfing in the great lakes. "early today" starts right now. >> announcer: this is "early today" for thursday, december 27th, 2012. >>> good morning, i'm mara schiavocampo. a powerful winter storm that brought an odd mix of tornadoes, heavy winds and snow to the nation's midsection is now wreaking havoc on the northeast. snow and sleet have produced treacherous road conditions from pennsylvania and western new york to maine with as much as a foot of snow expected in some areas. this storm so far being blamed for at least six deaths. it's also creating a travel nightmare for those trying to get home after the holidays. more than 1700 flights were canceled on wednesday. nbc's meteorologist dylan dreyer is tracking the storm for us this morning. dylan, what can you tell us? >> well, so far under 400 flights have been canceled in the northeast today. this storm is going to create so
. >>> president obama aboard air force one right now. >>> former president george h.w. bush in intensive care, we'll ha the very latest. i vigil for firefighters, a tornado in action and december surfing in the great lakes. "early today" starts right now. >> announcer: this is "early today" for thursday, december 27th, 2012. >>> good morning, i'm mara schiavocampo. a powerful winter storm that brought an odd mix of tornadoes, heavy winds and...
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. >>> the late senator inouye's successor lands in washington aboard air force one. schatz was tapped for senator and goes against inouye's final wish for colleen han abusa take over. >>> and the supreme court justice sonya say it to otomayo a request to stop a mandated contraceptive pill. >>> and still weighing the markets down, right? >> absolutely. as you can imagine, the markets are waiting on the edge of their seats for any deal on the budget crisis or fiscal cliff, as we call it and a lot of ceos are telling us once that uncertainty is lifted, it will give them more confidence to lift or high more people. all in all, it's been a good year for stocks. s&p up 13% this year. the pick heavy nasdaq is up nearly 15%. we'll see what next year brings us. back to you. >> we'll take the silver lining. >>> a terrifying scene at a shanghai shopping center. an aquarium filled with sharks cracked and shattered sending the creatures and tons of water on to visitors. luckily they were lemon sharks harm loss to humans. three sharks did die. some 15 people were injured by broken
. >>> the late senator inouye's successor lands in washington aboard air force one. schatz was tapped for senator and goes against inouye's final wish for colleen han abusa take over. >>> and the supreme court justice sonya say it to otomayo a request to stop a mandated contraceptive pill. >>> and still weighing the markets down, right? >> absolutely. as you can imagine, the markets are waiting on the edge of their seats for any deal on the budget crisis or...
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all of them complain about the air force, and nothing to do about it. this is something out of their hands. at the same time, complaining of the lack of financial support they got from the opposition or international community. would that make the situation more difficult? despite that, all of these liberated areas, they became very excited. they start thinking about some civilian projects. in one city, as example, six elementary and secondary schools are out of service. no one is interested to send his kids to the school. when i left the city -- next week, a fighter jet hits one of the schools. this is why none of the people are interested to send their kids to the school. they are still easy targets. even the hospitals are being targeted by the regime. we cannot call these as mainly liberated areas, because they are still targeted by the air force of the assad regime. that reflects the difficulties between the different groups of the three syrian army. we have borders with iraq and turkey under the control of the free syrian army. because of the absen
all of them complain about the air force, and nothing to do about it. this is something out of their hands. at the same time, complaining of the lack of financial support they got from the opposition or international community. would that make the situation more difficult? despite that, all of these liberated areas, they became very excited. they start thinking about some civilian projects. in one city, as example, six elementary and secondary schools are out of service. no one is interested to...
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the man known as stormin' norman was the former head of central manned at macdill air force base. he was possess issed by a sense of duty and loved america. >> i think america suffered a tremendous loss with the loss of a great patriot. >> schwarzkopf retired from the army in '91 and led a quiet life in tampa. he was 78. >> you remember as a teenager watching him on news conferences and things like that during desert storm and thinking, you sort of go back to g.i. joe, but he was the quintessential military man. >> such a presence, such a bold figure in history. >>> it is 5:36 right now. coming up, why thousands of workers are threatening to walk off the job and deliver a big blow to the nation's economy. >>> and the homework for some homeowners this weekend if they recently faced foreclosure. how you could get some compensation for your case coming up. >>> plus, the timing of some >>> this morning, family and music fans are mourning the loss of legendary r&b singer fontana bass, she's best known for rescue me. she died wednesday night after a heart attack. her daughter said bass
the man known as stormin' norman was the former head of central manned at macdill air force base. he was possess issed by a sense of duty and loved america. >> i think america suffered a tremendous loss with the loss of a great patriot. >> schwarzkopf retired from the army in '91 and led a quiet life in tampa. he was 78. >> you remember as a teenager watching him on news conferences and things like that during desert storm and thinking, you sort of go back to g.i. joe, but he...
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andrews air force base down towards brandy wine, waldorf, la plata, charlotte hall seeing very light rain. this is all part of a larger system, which most of the moisture will be staying north of us. spotty showers around through the morning hours. cloudy today, yes. i can't completely rule out a random rain drop or two during the afternoon hours. things should dry out temporarily, late tonight into early tomorrow. more clouds and sunshine on your saturday, but southerly winds mean temperatures tomorrow going back up into the 60s. so today, light rain around this morning. just cloudy through the afternoon. upper 40s, low 50s today. jackets required. the all important seven day forecast, back into the mid-60s tomorrow. then clouds come back in and a little cooler on sunday. temperatures in the mid-50s for high temperatures. more mild air coming back with raindrops on your monday. redskins and the ravens, 1:00, fedex field, sunday afternoon. risk of a few showers. should be a great game. what was blocking the left lane, it's now in the left shoulder lane. you are still seeing a six mil
andrews air force base down towards brandy wine, waldorf, la plata, charlotte hall seeing very light rain. this is all part of a larger system, which most of the moisture will be staying north of us. spotty showers around through the morning hours. cloudy today, yes. i can't completely rule out a random rain drop or two during the afternoon hours. things should dry out temporarily, late tonight into early tomorrow. more clouds and sunshine on your saturday, but southerly winds mean temperatures...
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air force band is also going to be there and today's event is free. fyi. but you need tickets to attend and you can get the tickets by going to our website, nbcwashington.com, and search natural menorah. >> hopefully the weather won't be too bad. >> fingers crossed but you better take an umbrella. >>> coming up, why doctors say what's making the flu bug spread earlier than usual this year. >>> also backlash over the that canceled new york marathon. why some runners are saying, race organizers are sending some mixed messages. >>> plus, a coach interrupted. see what stopped his press conferencetwitter, he we do it all here. "news 4 today" on social media. >>> a deadly typhoon is expected to make a second landfall in the philippines. it has already killed nearly 600 people in the southern part of that country. the storm went out to sea but made a u-turn and forcing the country's northwest. it could bring heavy rains, strong winds and possible landslides in the mountains. >>> a popular website is coming under fire for reselling tickets to the sold out 12-12-12
air force band is also going to be there and today's event is free. fyi. but you need tickets to attend and you can get the tickets by going to our website, nbcwashington.com, and search natural menorah. >> hopefully the weather won't be too bad. >> fingers crossed but you better take an umbrella. >>> coming up, why doctors say what's making the flu bug spread earlier than usual this year. >>> also backlash over the that canceled new york marathon. why some runners...
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air force band will also be there. and today's event is free but you need tickets to attend to go to our website for that. >>> and weather is the big story this morning. we have lots of fog and light rain. if you're headed out, please be careful. many streets are slick, which can make driving conditions pretty treacherous. we'll see you back here in a few more minutes for your sunday forecast in about 15 minutes to be exact. >>> welcome back to "viewpoint" talking to maryland onbar-- mar barry. we were about to talk about st. elizabeth in southeast washington, the old psychiatric hospital grounds. huge grounds. one on the west side has been taken over by feds who will put up buildings like coast guard and homeland security. but the east side of st. elizabeth along martin luther king avenue up to alabama avenue up to -- what's the cross street? anyway, it's a big plot of land. the mayor wants to develop it. you're saying not rental property but homeownership. >> i want to give a little history. when senator offered both
air force band will also be there. and today's event is free but you need tickets to attend to go to our website for that. >>> and weather is the big story this morning. we have lots of fog and light rain. if you're headed out, please be careful. many streets are slick, which can make driving conditions pretty treacherous. we'll see you back here in a few more minutes for your sunday forecast in about 15 minutes to be exact. >>> welcome back to "viewpoint" talking to...
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shooting over to 295 northbound at bowling air force, crash there involving three vehicles. one still on the scene, and it is blocking your right lane. if you're traveling 295, you're jammed from the beltway all the way to the 11th street bridge. you've seen this for a few mornings now and these delays continue. over to you. >> it is now 6:53. major track work may cause you delays on metro this weekend. the transit agent will cause five stations on the redline. tacoma, forest spring, wheaton, glenmont will remain closed through sunday evening. >>> safety is the primary reason that metro is extending how far new silver line trains will run. that's according to a new report due to be presented to metro's board this morning. the report says the area where trains could turn around at the stadium armory station was too small and couldn't be upgraded to meet ntsb safety standards. silver line cars will now run all the way out to largo town center. change will cost about $4.6 million in the first year and it will reduce the number of orange and blue line trains, eliminating new rus
shooting over to 295 northbound at bowling air force, crash there involving three vehicles. one still on the scene, and it is blocking your right lane. if you're traveling 295, you're jammed from the beltway all the way to the 11th street bridge. you've seen this for a few mornings now and these delays continue. over to you. >> it is now 6:53. major track work may cause you delays on metro this weekend. the transit agent will cause five stations on the redline. tacoma, forest spring,...
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force base in florida. a close friend said schwarzkopf was possessed by a sense of duty and was a true patriot. norman schwarzkopf was 78 years old. former president george h.w. bush released a statement saying "general schwarzkopf epitomized the duty, service, country creed that has defended our freedom. more than that, he was a good and decent man and a dear friend." >>> bush made that statement as he continues to recover in intensive care. a spokesperson for the bush family says the former president will probably be in the hospital for a while. but promises that he's in good hands. the 88-year-old has been in the houston hospital since november 23rd. his condition worsened this week when he suffered a series of complications from bronchitis. >>> this is a crucial day in the effort to keep the country from going off the fiscal cliff. president obama meets with congressional leaders this afternoon. democrats and republicans both say a deal at this point would probably extend bush era tax cuts for most pers
force base in florida. a close friend said schwarzkopf was possessed by a sense of duty and was a true patriot. norman schwarzkopf was 78 years old. former president george h.w. bush released a statement saying "general schwarzkopf epitomized the duty, service, country creed that has defended our freedom. more than that, he was a good and decent man and a dear friend." >>> bush made that statement as he continues to recover in intensive care. a spokesperson for the bush...
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air force special operations school and that the defense is a good of security assistance management. want to welcome all of you and would will start, i think will start with you, dr. shaffer, since you're the prettiest gal at the table. >> thank you for the opportunity to testify in front of this committee. would often think of iran as the middle eastern country but actually it sits in the crossroads of a number of regions, southwest asia, central asia and the caucasus. and actually the influence between iran and the south caucasus is two ways. not only is iran as you point out directly extremely active in diversion in the region and destabilizing any of the countries that are pro-western in the region, but also there's two-way influence because iran is both multiethnic edged up after member have the operation of a rant is in persian. the whole of the population of iran, a third is ethnic pashtun die. this is what drives iran's policies in the region is to destabilize other to make sure its own ethic by jordi's will not be detracted. and for this reason we find the islamic republic o
air force special operations school and that the defense is a good of security assistance management. want to welcome all of you and would will start, i think will start with you, dr. shaffer, since you're the prettiest gal at the table. >> thank you for the opportunity to testify in front of this committee. would often think of iran as the middle eastern country but actually it sits in the crossroads of a number of regions, southwest asia, central asia and the caucasus. and actually the...
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and consider measures that could hamper the ability of the syrian air force to conduct aerial attacks on civilians. nato is finalizing a patriot missile battery which is an important step in the right direction while defensive in nature these batteries are important play of international solidarity to turkey and the syrian people. the administration should examine and assess other ways in which the syrian air force can be deterred or degraded including the use of surface to surface tomahawk missiles to degrade the syrian air force's ability to take off. planes on the ground is what we are talking about. fourth, as part of our support for the opposition, we should be working to identify ways to strengthen moderate elements within the country with direct monetary support. years ago the international community provided oil and energy to towns led by democratic forces opposed to slobodan milosevic in serbia. this assistance helped bolster the standing of these leaders in the eyes of their constituents and helped them to provide much needed heating services during the cold serbian winter.
and consider measures that could hamper the ability of the syrian air force to conduct aerial attacks on civilians. nato is finalizing a patriot missile battery which is an important step in the right direction while defensive in nature these batteries are important play of international solidarity to turkey and the syrian people. the administration should examine and assess other ways in which the syrian air force can be deterred or degraded including the use of surface to surface tomahawk...
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it was not the 46 air plants. it was not solving problems with the f-4 in the air force. something jumped out at me. i thought, back there in mojave are 400 employees and their families and everyone of them pay taxes. you know, only half the people in the country paid taxes. every one of those people play it -- pay taxes. they would not have been there. that relieves the burden on all the other taxpayers. the government job burdens the other taxpayers. to me, that kind of struck me as something as a significant personal accomplishment. i never realized or even thought about that until after i retired. ok, let me find the clicker and we will get going. let's try the button. ok. we are going to talk about manned space flight. the first flight we are going to talk about is that wonderful first nine years, at eight years really. the vostok, upper left -- this chart shows every one of the launch systems developed in the world during that short time. there are nine launch systems designed and flown during that time. vostok, the red stone, the atlas, the x-15, then gemini, the t
it was not the 46 air plants. it was not solving problems with the f-4 in the air force. something jumped out at me. i thought, back there in mojave are 400 employees and their families and everyone of them pay taxes. you know, only half the people in the country paid taxes. every one of those people play it -- pay taxes. they would not have been there. that relieves the burden on all the other taxpayers. the government job burdens the other taxpayers. to me, that kind of struck me as something...
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united states air force band and for all of us of this year's lighting of the u.s. capitol tree. i wish you a merry christmas and a good night. [cheers and applause] captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] ♪ [joy to the world] ♪ ♪ ♪ >> here is what is coming of this christmas day -- next it is the national christmas tree lighting ceremony and today's edition of "washington journal." we will take a look at the biggest policy events from the past year. after that, first lady michelle obama shows the children the white house holiday decorations. >> the time i was 9 years old, i was handing out leaflets for robert kennedy and when i was 10, made a big decision and broke with the democratic party and went to work for john lindsay who was running for mayor of new york but i would not work for him as a republican. i went down to the liberal party. i was handing out leaflets on a street corner in new york and some woman thought this was really cute, this little boy handing out leaflets and she asked me why an
united states air force band and for all of us of this year's lighting of the u.s. capitol tree. i wish you a merry christmas and a good night. [cheers and applause] captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] ♪ [joy to the world] ♪ ♪ ♪ >> here is what is coming of this christmas day -- next it is the national christmas tree lighting ceremony and today's edition of "washington journal." we will take a...
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dover air force base, sustained winds out of the northeast at 16 miles an hour. but throughout the day they should be quieting down, even along the coast. the storm continues to pull away from the state and there is high pressure building in. ocean city, the high of 45. the central and southern maryland, low 40's. eastin short, partly sunny. a few clouds into southern pennsylvania -- the eastern shore, partly sunny. a few clouds into 7 tons of ingot. this storm system pushing all the way into tennessee. the fringe of the storm will hit us and it could bring accumulating snow. futurecast in motion -- notice the clouds building overnight. maybe a few snow showers late tonight into tomorrow morning. then through the morning hours things deteriorated. most of the snow along baltimore and the icy mix to the south. the rain will creep back in from the south. some of you may change into rain. the northern areas and may stay snow throughout the duration. anywhere in the northern counties, maybe 1-4 inches, ches.more metro, 1-3 intere a few spots can get minor accumulatio
dover air force base, sustained winds out of the northeast at 16 miles an hour. but throughout the day they should be quieting down, even along the coast. the storm continues to pull away from the state and there is high pressure building in. ocean city, the high of 45. the central and southern maryland, low 40's. eastin short, partly sunny. a few clouds into southern pennsylvania -- the eastern shore, partly sunny. a few clouds into 7 tons of ingot. this storm system pushing all the way into...
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this special airs on december 19th on usa at 9:00 p.m. and also airs december 22nd on nbc at 9:00 p.m., and it is just that. it is a great entertaining show that provides hope, that recognizes the strength of the united states armed forces and gives thanks. >> this is personal to you, this cause. why? >> it is. i believe in the code of conduct of the military. on our television show i preach hustle, loyalty, and respect, which is simply a different version of honor, code, and country. i'm a proud patriot, and like i said, in these saddest times in our country, we all look for reasons to believe in something positive, and i like this special. >> it's not just the troops you love and support, but you do an awful lot of work with the make a wish foundation. >> absolutely. >> you're used to seeing kids that are -- >> we're in the public eye, and our program is pg all the way through, so we meet a lot of children, and i can't tell you how flattering it is if you were given one wish, that child is to meet and spend time with john cena. >> you s
this special airs on december 19th on usa at 9:00 p.m. and also airs december 22nd on nbc at 9:00 p.m., and it is just that. it is a great entertaining show that provides hope, that recognizes the strength of the united states armed forces and gives thanks. >> this is personal to you, this cause. why? >> it is. i believe in the code of conduct of the military. on our television show i preach hustle, loyalty, and respect, which is simply a different version of honor, code, and...
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sean smith, an air force veteran. all people for whom service to country was their life. and so today we again say thank you to all of them, to the fallen and the families. they all gave to our nation, and we're grateful beyond words for their service and their sacrifice. from the very beginning of the benghazi events, every member of this committee has shared with the president and secretary clinton our determine craigs to get all the fact -- our determination to get all the facts about what happened and why in benghazi. we submitted many questions to the state department to be incorporated into this investigation, and we're very pleased that they have been. we've had a number of classified briefings for our members, and yesterday the committee heard from ambassador tom pickering and admiral mike mullen. we heard them deliver a very frank and comprehensive set of findings of the accountability review board. ambassador pickering and admiral mullen are tw of america's most distinguished -- are two of america's most distinguished and capable public servants. ambassador pick
sean smith, an air force veteran. all people for whom service to country was their life. and so today we again say thank you to all of them, to the fallen and the families. they all gave to our nation, and we're grateful beyond words for their service and their sacrifice. from the very beginning of the benghazi events, every member of this committee has shared with the president and secretary clinton our determine craigs to get all the fact -- our determination to get all the facts about what...
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. >> good morning, marvin nicholson white house director from elmendorf air force base. air force one is outside taking on some fuel before a last leg home to washington d.c.. it's my second 500 this thursday. we crossed the dateline in the pacific and also its minus 1 degrees. we have had the craziest weather, rain in japan, hot and humid in singapore and snow at the great while. korea though, very nice. i better get going. thanks for tuning into whitehouse.gov. i'm signing off from alaska. let's go. >> the trip director on that one kenny thompson, he needed us to get on the plane. the plane was ready to leave and he was like i need one more tae, i need one more tae, we can do it on the plane. it was not quite enough. and with that tragedy had like two opened up to questions if anyone has any. i think you are all supposed to use this microphone so i will get that one. >> the did i understand that you said that once you films for the day, you could not add it? you had to use everything. >> no, no i can't decide if i want to keep something for the archives are not. every
. >> good morning, marvin nicholson white house director from elmendorf air force base. air force one is outside taking on some fuel before a last leg home to washington d.c.. it's my second 500 this thursday. we crossed the dateline in the pacific and also its minus 1 degrees. we have had the craziest weather, rain in japan, hot and humid in singapore and snow at the great while. korea though, very nice. i better get going. thanks for tuning into whitehouse.gov. i'm signing off from...
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i have no doubt tactical, you ask the armed forces to do whatever you want them to do, army, navy, air force, marines, it's going to get done. throw us a problem, we're going to figure out how to do it. we're going to hurt some people doing it, but we'll get it done. i'm very happy with the mission, and i think there's, again, a rational optimist, i think there's hope for the future in afghanistan, but i'm cautious as well that it could be reversed, and we could lose what we've gained so far if we withdraw from our gains too precipitously and we don't continue to support the afghan government and the region. and lastly, thank you all for the opportunity to speak. if there's anything you need, i'll leave my business card, and i'd love for future engagements as well. thanks. >> thank you so much. i really thank you so much for what you have done and also the amazing men and women who joined you in task force no slack and also out in the entire pashtun ao and afghan wide. really tremendous service, tremendous dedication to the united states of america, and thank you for everything that yo
i have no doubt tactical, you ask the armed forces to do whatever you want them to do, army, navy, air force, marines, it's going to get done. throw us a problem, we're going to figure out how to do it. we're going to hurt some people doing it, but we'll get it done. i'm very happy with the mission, and i think there's, again, a rational optimist, i think there's hope for the future in afghanistan, but i'm cautious as well that it could be reversed, and we could lose what we've gained so far if...
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force in the history of the air force." guest: the most dominant military force in the world. we're the only military capability, even at those numbers, that can deploy globally. we are the only military in the world with the capability. it has been true for quite some time. the reality is, whatever the numbers are, you have to look at how good they are, what situations they're in, what your adversaries look like. we have the only global military capability. no one else even tries. guest: when you bring the number of ships down, you cannot afford to have the kind of presence we have wanted to have. you may be able to go one place globally and do one thing, but in the white house where there is a lack of discipline -- we have sent forces to support nato countries in liberating libya. we are now thinking about deploying defense missiles on the turkish border with syria. we're putting forces into the western pacific because of north korea, they may launch a missile as a test object. we have china, which could have a defense es
force in the history of the air force." guest: the most dominant military force in the world. we're the only military capability, even at those numbers, that can deploy globally. we are the only military in the world with the capability. it has been true for quite some time. the reality is, whatever the numbers are, you have to look at how good they are, what situations they're in, what your adversaries look like. we have the only global military capability. no one else even tries. guest:...
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>>> well, back here at home, fiscal cliff negotiations in washington are still up in the air. most lawmakers have gone home for a long weekend. this, as treasury secretary timothy geithner says the obama administration is willing to go over the fiscal cliff. nbc's tracie potts joins us live from washington with app update on all of this. tracie, good morning to you. >> reporter: lynn, not quite empty. a lot of lawmakers on a long weekend break. take a look at some of the frustrated constituents they'll face. a protest in baltimore over social security, not the check but the jobs. the people who work in the offices who fear there could be super long lines for taxpayers if, in fact, their jobs are cut in all of this. so where do we stand today? there's a hearing today on capitol hill. the joint economic committee hearing on what can be done for the fiscal cliff. treasury secretary timothy geithner says the administration is willing to go over the cliff, let taxes go up, let these taxes happen if republicans press the idea of no tax increases for the wealthy. the latest we've lea
>>> well, back here at home, fiscal cliff negotiations in washington are still up in the air. most lawmakers have gone home for a long weekend. this, as treasury secretary timothy geithner says the obama administration is willing to go over the fiscal cliff. nbc's tracie potts joins us live from washington with app update on all of this. tracie, good morning to you. >> reporter: lynn, not quite empty. a lot of lawmakers on a long weekend break. take a look at some of the...
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the air force surgeons association, american g.i. forum, dissociation of the united states navy, blinded veterans association, disabled american veterans. iraq and afghanistan veterans, jewish war veterans, military officers, association of american black veterans, national association of the united states. national military family association, paralyzed veterans of america. the american legion veterans and veterans of foreign wars, veterans of modern warfare, united spinal association, veterans of america and the wounded warrior project. mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that their statement of all these veterans organizations be included in the record. >> without objection. >> i would also ask unanimous consent that a very moving letter from a very famous man, a chinese man who is blinded recently was able to leave china, and i would asked that his letter the one he will be included in the record. >> without objection. i won't quote from the full record in statement. but he says that this treaty is making this idea real and in
the air force surgeons association, american g.i. forum, dissociation of the united states navy, blinded veterans association, disabled american veterans. iraq and afghanistan veterans, jewish war veterans, military officers, association of american black veterans, national association of the united states. national military family association, paralyzed veterans of america. the american legion veterans and veterans of foreign wars, veterans of modern warfare, united spinal association,...
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it happened much too late and not from us you people said of the seas not using his air force to attack his own people and then he began to attack his own people mercilessly from the air. more than 40,000 killed. when we see the government of bashar assad but that has chemical and biological agents and put them into bombs, we noticed a leader with no limit and unfortunately he follows his father proved himself capable of using the worst weapons against his own people. this is a moment in which i have found growing agitation and a willingness to see action of leadership for the united states among members of all political persuasions here in the senate. you've got for members of the senate here representing the political parties staying with one voice america has to lead. america has to lead an international coalition that will make very clear to assad but he may not believe yet is if he crosses the secretary clinton has called a red line and uses these weapons, chemical and biological that there would be grave consequences. essentially the end of his regime. i hope that the deterrence w
it happened much too late and not from us you people said of the seas not using his air force to attack his own people and then he began to attack his own people mercilessly from the air. more than 40,000 killed. when we see the government of bashar assad but that has chemical and biological agents and put them into bombs, we noticed a leader with no limit and unfortunately he follows his father proved himself capable of using the worst weapons against his own people. this is a moment in which...
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force base in california as the neil a. armstrong flight research center. this bill would also rename the western aeronautical west test range as the hugh l. dryden aeronautical test range. this is very appropriate. they were very dear friends. . neil armstrong needs no introduction. this bill was introduced by his congressman, kevin mccarthy, the congressman where the building will take place. he's the majority whip, the gentleman from california. but neil armstrong absolutely needs no introduction. he's an iconic american hero and one of the most humble men i have ever met. he was quiet, thoughtful, and deliberate, choosing his words carefully whether testifying before a congressional committee, giving a speech or sharing a quiet moment with a friend he did not exaggerate and always, always gave recognition to the teams of engineers, and scientists at nasa when speaking about the success of the apollo 11 mission he refused to take personal credit for his accomplishments. after leaving nasa, he soon found himself as nasa's
force base in california as the neil a. armstrong flight research center. this bill would also rename the western aeronautical west test range as the hugh l. dryden aeronautical test range. this is very appropriate. they were very dear friends. . neil armstrong needs no introduction. this bill was introduced by his congressman, kevin mccarthy, the congressman where the building will take place. he's the majority whip, the gentleman from california. but neil armstrong absolutely needs no...
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they are now on the cutting edge of tomorrow's air force. it is important congress has its voice heard. i did not presume to know we were right. i did know there had to be some alternative evidence. -- avenues. within the intelligence arena, we had a chance to look closely to unmanned area vehicles. it seemed to me this could be a pathway to revolution .it. it would not have happened, had congress not been involved. >> we could probably offer some examples from the other direction, so let me understand how does the public get best served with the competing forces that all want their program to continue? their district to be served. >> it is a big part of our job. it is an appropriators responsibility to be involved in that fight. it involves both oversight and insisting that money be spent well. i must say it comes to mind that one of the first projects i was ever involved in, a young person dropped a ping-pong ball on his back window during the 1938 flood. the ball hit the water and floated out the back fence. many years later, and earmarke
they are now on the cutting edge of tomorrow's air force. it is important congress has its voice heard. i did not presume to know we were right. i did know there had to be some alternative evidence. -- avenues. within the intelligence arena, we had a chance to look closely to unmanned area vehicles. it seemed to me this could be a pathway to revolution .it. it would not have happened, had congress not been involved. >> we could probably offer some examples from the other direction, so let...
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by land, air, sea, as my colleagues have done. most recently earlier this week with the administrator of fema and saw in the immediate aftermath as well as during the storms, the personal courage of our emergency responders, the city fire department that performed 13 water rescues, the national guard supported 73 assistance missions. our governor responding with his excellent lead. eighteen state agencies. the red cross all coming together, including your utility linesman and repair crews have worked tirelessly to restore critical of electric power to homes and businesses. and yet i want to make clear that utility workers on the ground and in the field were once again heroes, but the utility managers -- management, the overall storm response was regrettably lacking in some regions, although better than last year. still inadequate in key respects and areas. my many conversations with elected officials around the state indicate clearly that utilities' need to better communicate with local authorities on location and allocation of re
by land, air, sea, as my colleagues have done. most recently earlier this week with the administrator of fema and saw in the immediate aftermath as well as during the storms, the personal courage of our emergency responders, the city fire department that performed 13 water rescues, the national guard supported 73 assistance missions. our governor responding with his excellent lead. eighteen state agencies. the red cross all coming together, including your utility linesman and repair crews have...